The Journey of Flower - Chapter 119

: A Stranger Sovereign
“How was it?” Seeing Sheng Xiaomu’s figure was like a light smoke slowly flowing into the hall, Mo Yan quickly stood up and asked. He must have been waiting for a long time.

Sheng Xiaomu’s lips were pale, and there was a dense mist his eyes, no longer has a trace of laziness and frivolous as before. He frowned a little and shook his head.

Mo Yan fell heavily back to the sect leader seat. His fists clenched clenched, and his eyes were full of hatred. The scar on his face makes his even more gloomy and frightful.

“Sorry, I couldn’t stop him.” Sheng Xiaomu took a step, and his body swayed. Mo Yan wanted to help him, but Sheng Xiaomu raised his hand gently to stop him: “I’m fine.”

“Get injured? What about Zhu Ran?”

Sheng Xiaomu laughed with self-mockering: “He’s really worthy of being senior sect brother’s disciple. Sooner or later, I am afraid no one in the Immortal Realm could stop him.”

Mo Yan pounded on the table: “It was fault at that time being soft hearted, ended up causing the disaster to the three realms now.

“Senior sect brother, don’t blame yourself. After all…..” His sentence was interrupted by a disciple who was running from outside rushed into the hall to report.

“Reporting Shizun and Ruzun, Penglai Island has received a battle invitation from the demons, so urgently requesting reinforcements from the immortals.

“Is Penglai next?” Sheng Xiaomu let out a deep sigh: “Senior sect brother, do you have a plan?”

“After all, Mantian is Luo Shiyi’s disciple, and now she is in the hands of the demon not knowing whether she’s dead or alive. Changliu has failed Penglai before, so this time we cannot ignore it. But in less than a year, nine immortals were annihilated one by one. Nowadays, all factions are too busy to take care of themselves, they either tried to avoid and don’t want to interfere. I’m afraid there won’t be any more help.”

“Are we just gonna sit still and wait to die? If without the demon god, only to deal with Zhu Ran and demons and devils from the two realms……”

“Even though she hasn’t taken any action yet, if we to encounter Zhu Ran and the dispute is hard to solve, she wouldn’t stand by and watch. By that time, she only needs to wave her sleeves casually, the entire Immortal Realm will be no longer in existence. Therefore, even knowing that with alliance, not giving them much help like throwing an egg against the rock, only accelerated extinction. In order to protect themselves all factions, they don’t care about others. Now we can only dragged day by day.”

Shen Xiaomu silence for a long time: “They hate the most is Changliu, but why…..”

Mo Yan shook his head: “That’s why they save Changliu for last. I am very clear about Zhu Ran’s ambition, he unhurriedly get rid of small cultivators sects first, creating panic and also enjoying the pleasure of destroying little by little and revenge at the same time.”

“If we are not capable to fight head on with the enemy, then we should take them by strategy. We will start with Zhu Ran first.”

“At first I also thought like this, but now, I am afraid that it is too late….”

The two looked at each other and thought of something. Their faces suddenly became pale.

“We can’t disregard Zihua.” Mo Yan finally got up and walked out of the hall.

“Senior sect brother! Where are you going?”

“I am going to find Immortal Mo Bing.”

Sheng Xiaomu reflected in his memory for a moment, a white figure popped up in his head, made him felt stunned for a moment. Immediately, he understood Mo Yan’s intention.

“Senior sect brother, are you going to Mount Shu? It’s impossible, he will not agree. Not only that …it can’t…..”

Mo Yan stubbornly shook his head: “At this time, I don’t care much.”

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At the Land of the Far North, the endless snow and ice are stretch as far as the eye can see, frozen everywhere, beside snow white there was no other colors.

Zhu Ran hands were inserted in his sleeves, it’s been three days since he stood quietly with his head down outside the ice wall. He didn’t move at all, if it hadn’t been for the occasional blink of his eyes, he looked as if falling asleep or being frozen.

At last he heard a sound in the ice cave, there was a slight smile appeared on his scarred face.

“Honorable God, Zhu Ran requests for an audience.”

“Come in.” A lovely lyrical came from all directions, it sounds like the most touching music in the world merged together with the most refined voice. The echo sounds has been lingering from the cave entrance.

Zhu Ran took a deep breath and walked in. As his face was shower with a scent of flowers, and his eyes were full of flowing colors. Zhu Ran felt slightly dizzy, hastily blocked the sense of smell.

When he entered, Hua Qiangu was laying on the ice couch and turned her back to him. Her head leaning on her right hand and the fox- fur robe wrapped on her body was slide off a little bit, exposing the desirable shoulder, the belt ribbon and gorgeous purple skirt slide down the ice steps from the high couch all the way down to the ground. The long, dark hair, which is as dark as ink, is simply loosely rolled up by a flower branch. It’s as dark as to suck a person in without reflecting the light of it, streamlike meandered down from the couch, but it is not messy at all.

Zhu Ran felt slightly suffocated. When he lifted his head up to look at her on the ice couch, he happened to the purple tassels falling from her waist. Despite the north wind whistling outside, it was not as cold as half of the ice cave.

“What’s the matter?” Since last year, she has spent most of her time resting here. If it is not necessary, Zhu Ran will not bother her. She’s also too lazy to control him producing cloud and rain outside (tricky and inconsistent).

“The Cloud Palace has completed construction, ready for the Honorable God to move in.”

Zhu Ran looked at the unfamiliar and distant Hua Qiangu in front of him. From appearance to heart, this person has changed completely. No longer a simple and kind child he used to know, her temperament also becomes indifferent and eccentric. Oddly enough, it is also perfect in every aspect as if was a miracle. He couldn’t tell what it’s like in his heart. When he saw her at the Immortal Jade Pool for the sake of Bai Zihua, she was stabbed three times, and was imprisoned under Changliu sea for sixteen years. Sixteen years later, when she stood quietly in front of herself as a demon god, at that time her eyes were more sad and desperate compared to the time she was hurt by Bai Zihua at the Immortal Jade Pool. She only muttered three words – save Tang Bao.

Even if now she has become a demon god, she doesn’t want anything or ask for anything. All she wants and everything she has done is to find a way to save Tang Bao.

Dongfang and Xiao Ye died, they could re-enter the reincarnation. Shuofeng died still left behind the Nuwa stone. But for Tang Bao, she is really disappeared completely, left with nothing. Even if Hua Qiangu is the demon god, she has no ability to bring back the spiritual worm that has no soul to come back to life.

Everything was beyond Zhu Ran expectations, it also has progressed out of his predictions. At that time, he let out the smiled and spit out four words – Kill Three thousand demons. Hearing that, there was a glimmer of light appeared inside Hua Qiangu’s purple pupil.

“Are you lying to me?” At that time, she was quietly watching Zhu Ran. It’s so easy to pinch him to death, now she can just do it alone anytime she wants. But why is it so difficult to save someone?

Zhu Ran only smiles and his eyes were deep and dark: “Although sometimes there was some concealment, but I have never deceived the Honorable God.”

Hua Qiangu nodded her head, and the two reached agreement. Perhaps all she needed was a glimpse of hope, or perhaps find the reason for herself to continue living, even if it is a lie. The price to defy the nature order would be paid by blood, it is the same like getting out from the savage of wilderness. Tangbao had cultivated to become a human, maybe using the prohibit technique could save her. It’s just that the spiritual insects are too pure. If to use three thousand lives to offer sacrifices this time, it must have to use boys and girls with magical powers. At this moment, Hua Qiangu has no hesitation at all, in this world, she doesn’t care about anything else except Tang Bao.

The only problem is three thousand cultivators are hard to find, not to mention have to be young boys and girls. As long as they can catch the small children and force them to practice cultivation from childhood. Even if it has to take a few years, decades, or centuries, it doesn’t matter, she can wait.

Now Zhu Ran finally got what he wanted, have a reason to fight and unify the Six Realms under the demon god’s banner.

At first, people from the savage of wilderness returned to their ranks one after another. After Sha Qianmu went into coma, demons and devils of the two realms were also bowed their heads and obey. With such a powerful person like Zhu Ran, it doesn’t need Hua Qiangu lends a hand. Based on his ability, sooner or later the Six Realm will be wiped out. At the same time, he’s enjoying the process of taking revenge and the process of achieving his ambition. Hua Qiangu does not mind being used by him, as long as Tang Bao can be saved, she’s willing to do everything.

“Honorable God, it’s cold here, and has nothing, very inconvenient. You shall go back to the palace with me.”

“It’s quieter to sleep here.”

Zhu Ran smiled: “I promise when you go back, over there is quieter than here. This subordinate has a big gift for you.”

Hua Qiangu is not used to his pretending humble attitude: “Just do what you want to do, don’t need to waste your mind trying to please me.”

Looking at the scars on Zhu Ran’s face caused by the Water of Greed, she suddenly felt unpleasant to look at: “Do you want to restore the original face? I can help you to remove all these scars.” To her now, curing him is just a piece of cake for her.

She didn’t expect Zhu Ran took a step back and respond: “Thank you, Honorable God, but I feel I am fine being like this.”

Hua Qiangu did not decline or comment, just walked straight out. Zhu Ran from the beginning to the end never lifted up his head to look at her, he only saw flowers started to grow on the ice on every part of the ground that she had stepped on.

Flying against the wind, Hua Qiangu speed was too fast, Zhu Ran tried to catch up with her following the flowers traces in the air. The peace that no longer exists in the world, natural calamities and man-made disasters, the plagues of war, it’s bleak and desolate everywhere. Thousand of miles could not travel because the bodies piled up like mountains by the roadside. Hua Qiangu completely turned a bind eye on what she saw below, and soon she reached the Cloud Palace in the South Sea. In the tumbling sea of clouds, thousands of palaces floated in all sizes. Under the shining sun, wow magnificent! Prior to a year ago, it was just a floated small island.

There are a lot of demon guards and immortal maidservants have gathered around here. When they saw Hua Qiangu is coming, they all kneel down and worship her.

“Honorable God, please come with me.” Zhu Ran also arrived and led her to the highest cloud. Hua Qiangu frowned. If she didn’t know, she would have thought he has moved the whole Unfeeling Hall here.

“Does the Honorable God like it?

“I don’t like it.” Hua Qiangu waved her sleeves, but her eyes were another look: “I said before, you don’t have to waste your mind on me. I will give you what you want.”

Zhu Ran raised his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.

Suddenly there was a huge murderous feelings surge around him. When Zhu Ran rushed to turn around, the sword cut the corner of his cloth. It was Duo Langan rushing over with anger.

“You actually sent people to chase and kill Lanyu Lanfeng?”

Zhu Ran was dumbfounded, he turned to look at Hua Qiangu.

Hua Qiangu answered in indifferent: “It was me who sent them.”

Duo Langan was shocked. In the past year, he has seen Hua Qiangu’s change, it made him felt heartbreak and self-blame. However, no matter he says, how a person who has no heart can possibly listen to him, he can only watch on the side with anxiety. She and Zhu Ran wanted to revenge or to unite the Six Realms, he does not care or bother about it, but why did at the end she still not let LanYu Lanfeng go?

“Why?”

“No reason.”

“Little girl, you……”

“Don’t call me little girl.” Hua Qiangu turn around coldly.

Duo Langan left in furious. Since he returned from the savage of wilderness, all these years, Lanyu Lanfeng was like living in seclusion, she has never made an appearance, he also never saw her again. Even if Lanyu Lanfeng was wrong in the past, he believed that she must realize her mistakes. Why does she suddenly want to kill her at this time? He doesn’t understand and also don’t have time to think about it. He must find her first and protects her before they find her.

Zhu Ran looked at Duo Langan’s figure that quickly vanished from sight, he couldn’t help but lightly shake his head.

“I don’t understand, why do you have to push the last person who is close to you away?”

Hua Qiangu did not answer.

There was a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes and then changed into a flattering smile: “I have a few things dedicated to the Honorable God.”

He turned the palm upside down, the sixteen god artifacts suddenly appeared in midair. Hua Qiangu was slightly stunned for a moment, slowly stepping forward, grabbing the Nuwa stone and held it tightly in her hand.

“Why did these things with you? Did you capture him?”

“I didn’t dare to use force, he volunteers himself.”

Hua Qiangu nodded her head to acknowledge it, but still remains completely indifferent and went inside the room waking toward the inner bedchamber.

She’s sleepy again.